All 4 Uses of
prevent
in
Candide
- He was just going to jump after him, but was prevented by the philosopher Pangloss, who demonstrated to him that the Bay of Lisbon had been made on purpose for the Anabaptist to be drowned.†
Chpt 5prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- VI HOW THE PORTUGUESE MADE A BEAUTIFUL AUTO-DA-FE, TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER EARTHQUAKES; AND HOW CANDIDE WAS PUBLICLY WHIPPED.†
Chpt 6 *prevent = stop (something from happening)
- After the earthquake had destroyed three-fourths of Lisbon, the sages of that country could think of no means more effectual to prevent utter ruin than to give the people a beautiful auto-da-fe[6]; for it had been decided by the University of Coimbra, that the burning of a few people alive by a slow fire, and with great ceremony, is an infallible secret to hinder the earth from quaking.†
Chpt 6
- This did not prevent his shedding tears at the well-acted scenes.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)